New York mayor Bill de Blasio was heckled by disgruntled residents in Queens while he participated in the borough's St. Patrick's Day Parade this afternoon.

One resident called him a 'cop-killing commie' while others booed and shouted: 'One term mayor!'

De Blasio has had a fraught relationship with the NYPD after he was blamed for the deaths of two policemen in 2014 and criticized them in the aftermath of the Eric Garner grand jury verdict last year.

He also came under fire after Queens was left buried under snow storm Jonas earlier this year.

The 54-year-old mayor's reputation for showing up late to events didn't help, but he appeared on time today with a green, white and orange sash.

Mayor Bill De Blasio marched through the streets in the Rockaways this afternoon during a St. Patrick's Day parade

He maintained his spirits despite being heckled by residents in Queens, who shouted 'One term mayor!'. He was also called a 'cop-killing commie' and many made remarks about his tendency to arrive late at events

De Blasio has had a fraught relationship with the NYPD after he was blamed for the deaths of two policemen in 2014. He also came under fire after Queens was left buried under snow storm Jonas earlier this year.

According to the NY Post, Margaret Day yelled: 'Shame on you! Shame on you! He showed up on time today - that's a shocker.'

DeBlasio, who was late to last year's parade, faced the ire of residents who are still struggling since Hurricane Sandy devastated the neighborhood in 2012.

At the end of the parade, the mayor reiterated his promise that the region's ferry service would be reinstated after it came to a halt in 2014.

De Blasio said: 'Next spring there will be a ferry the price of a metrocard. I guarantee it.

'The people of Rockaway will be more connected than ever to the city.'

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But iron worker Kevin Bautz, who attended the parade was skeptical and told the Post: 'Did anyone record that? I'll believe it when I see it. We're the forgotten community.'

Despite the discontented shouts of parade-goers, De Blasio maintained his spirits, waiving an Irish flag, wearing a green necktie, and donning a sash with the Irish word for 'welcome' over his shoulder.

The parade in Queens kicks off the city's first St Patricks Day celebrations just days after the mayor announced he would end his two-year boycott of the event in Manhattan.

Parade organizers lifted a ban on gay groups from participating in 2014, but DeBlasio said the inclusion of one LGBT group last year was 'too small a change'.

De Blasio announced on Thursday he would attend this year's St. Patrick's Day parade in Manhattan after boycotting the event because parade organizers were not inclusive to LGBT groups participating

De Blasio, who criticized the police force's 'stop-and-frisk' tactics during his campaign, has had a tumultuous relationship with the NYPD.

He came under fire when two police officers were shot in their patrol car in 2014.

De Blasio was blamed for the deaths of officers Wenjian Liu and Raphael Ramos, since he was seen as sympathetic to protesters after Eric Garner was killed by the police.

The gunman Ismaaiyl Brinsley had written an online post before the 2014 attack of Liu and Ramos that he was seeking revenge for Garner and Michael Brown.

The murders led to a rift between the NYPD and City Hall, with thousands of officers turning their backs on mayor Bill de Blasio the officers' funeral services as a show of frustration.

Residents in Queens were also critical of the mayor after they were left snowed under during Storm Jonas earlier this year while the roads in Manhattan were diligently plowed.